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Judicial Watch has filed a $30 million wrongful death
lawsuit for the Jan. 6, 2021, killing of Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt by U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd.
The suit, filed in federal court in San Diego, accuses Mr. Byrd of multiple counts of negligence that resulted in Ms. Babbitt’s death by a gunshot wound to her left anterior shoulder.
Judicial Watch filed the action against the federal government on behalf of Ms. Babbitt’s husband, Aaron Babbitt, and her personal estate.
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The suit alleges that Mr. Byrd, now a USCP captain, was negligent in the use of his firearm and in his faulty assessment that Ms. Babbitt posed an imminent threat to his life.
“Ashli was unarmed. Her hands were up in the air, empty, and in plain view of Lt. Byrd and other officers in the lobby,” the lawsuit states. “Ashli posed no threat to the safety of anyone.”
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“The facts speak truth. Ashli was ambushed when she was shot by Lt. Byrd. Multiple witnesses at the scene yelled, ‘you just murdered her,’” the lawsuit states.
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